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9 things to know about Amy Klobuchar
What you should know about Klobuchar’s politics and finances as the senator announces her presidential run.
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Global Post
Yemen’s youth protesters lament their unfinished revolution
BEIRUT, Lebanon — One year ago this week, Faizah Sulaimani was among the first small group of young protesters — less than 30 people, led by the Arab world’s first female Nobel Peace Prize winner — who gathered at the gates of Sanaa University to
Community Voices
Becoming president was the inspiration
Few presidential inaugural speeches rise to brilliance and are memorable. President Barack Obama’s speech had the potential to rise to the occasion of the words of Presidents Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Kennedy.
Community Voices
Yes, we’ll inaugurate a black president, but all things are not equal
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Inauguration Day is one day away. I’ll take tomorrow off work to watch the Inauguration, with my spouse and a few close friends. No doubt we will cry.
Community Voices
An energy blueprint for our new president: America’s leadership must challenge the status quo
On the day of his inauguration, President-elect Obama will face a world of problems — challenges as daunting as faced by any president in my life. Where does our new leader start to get America moving in the right direction?
Strawberry Fields Forever ’08: a bid for president
When asked what historical figure they’d most like to study this year, an astounding 22 of the 35 students in Ms. Ellingham’s eighth-grade history class at Susan B. Anthony middle school in Minneapolis answered, “Yoko Ono” and/or “John Lennon.”
The Intelligencer
Hail to the Chief! — and other farewell art for our 43rd president
By Jeff Severns GuntzelFriday, Sept. 19, 2008
Every Friday, MinnPost arts writer Jeff Severns Guntzel designs a custom weekend tour based on a theme of Twin Cities galleries, museums, public art and performance spaces.